Wall covering



vG. P. JORDAN Oct. 2, 1934.

WALL C OVERI NG Filed March 16, 1951 Patented Oct. 2, 1934 UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE claims.

'I'his invention relates to wall covering and more particularly to thatkind which may be used on the outer walls of a building and one of theobjects is to provide a novel and ornamental 5 wall covering which willhave an appearance simulating bricks or the like, and an ancillaryobject is to provide an inlaid or inset mortar line so that a very closeresemblance to a brick structure may be attained.

Further objects are to provide a wall covering which will effectivelyshed water; which may be made up from a number of strips or unitsembodying formed portions engageable with each other to regulate thespacing between the units to thereby expedite installation and insureuniform spacing; and which will be made up from units that may be neatlynested to facilitate shipping and storing thereof.

A selected embodiment of the invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawing and therein Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a unitof my improved wall covering;

Fig. 2 is a fragmental face elevation of my improved wall covering asarranged when in use; and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view, drawn to an enlarged scale, taken on theline 3-3 on Fig. 2.

In the accompanying drawing wherein an illustrative embodiment of myinvention is shown 4 indicates a unit of my wall covering having facesections 5 along one edge thereof of a size and shape similar to theside of a standard brick.

The unit 4 may be cut from a web of suitable fibrous material, such aspaper lor felt, and is coated with a waterproofing material such as anasphaltic substance. When the material is coated with asphalticsubstance, this will serve as a binder to adhesively secure granularmaterial on the face sections 5. This granular material may be crushedstone or int or the like and is preferably of a color similar to brick.Either the face sections 5 alone may be so covered or the entire face ofthe unit may be covered with such material. In either arrangement, thegranular material on the face sections 5 will preferably bedifferentiated, in color at least, from the remainder of the face of theunit. For example, if the granular material on the face sections 5 isred then the remainder of the unit may be of a dark grey.

I have found that a resemblance to a brick wall inset mortar line and Iattain this by laying the of the adjacent unit. Moreover, by providingmay be best attained by providing an inlaid orr slots 6 in the units 4intermediate the face sections this inlaid mortar line will also appearintermediate the various face sections of each unit. Further, each endof the units may be cut away,

in the face sections, as indicated at '1, and when 60 the ends of theunits are abutted, these cut away portions cooperate to provide spacessimilar to the slots 6.

Preferably the units 4 will embody a number of face sections 5 as, forexample, in thepresent in- 65 stance each unit has four face sectionsthereon.

To insure uniform spacing betweenvthe units and to greatly expedite theinstallation thereof I provide longitudinally extending formed portionsor shoulders on each of the units and by merely interengaging theseshoulders proper spacing may be attained. Thus, on each of the units, atthe inner end of the face sections 5,

a shoulder 8 is defined whereby the intermediate portion 9 of the unitsis offset from lateral align- 75 ment with the face sections in anamount substantially equal to the thickness of the face sections.Likewise, the marginal section 10 of the unit along the edge oppositethat having the face sections 5 therealong is offset from alignment 80with the intermediate portion 9 in the same direction as that in whichthe' intermediate portion is oifset from the face sections and in anamount substantially equal to the thickness of said intermediate portionwhereby a shoulder 11 is defined.

In installation, one unit 4 will be secured along the lower edge of thewall; the next unit 4 will then be arranged with the face sections 5thereof laying upon the intermediate section 9 on the 90 first unit, andthe shoulder 8 on the second unit will be engaged with the shoulder 11onthe first unit. The third unit will then be arranged in position withthe face sections thereof overlaying the intermediate section of thesecond unit and with the shoulder 8 on the third unit engaging theshoulder 11 on the second unit. The magnitude of the various sections ofeach unit is equal'to the magnitude of corresponding secp tions of theother units. Therefore, the spacing between the face sections of the rstand second units will correspond to the spacing between the facesections of the second and third units. The overlaying of one unit aboveanother is continued until the entire wall is covered. Preferably theend edges of alternate units will be aligned to lthereby align the slots6 in alternate units. But the disposition is preferably such that theslots 6 of adjacent units are out of lateral alignment, the slots on oneunit being mld- 11G way between the slots on the adjacent unit, thisbeing clearly illustrated in lig. 2. As the various units are laidoneabove the other nails 12 or other suitable securing devices arepassed through the intermediate portions 9 to thereby secure the unitsin position.

The provision of formed portions or shoulders on the units greatlyexpedites installation since it is merely necessary to rest the shoulderof one unit on the cooperating shoulder of the adjacent unit and properpositioning of the units relative to each other will result and properspacing between the face sections of the various units will naturallyfollow. This uniform spacing Vbetween the face units insures that theinlaid or inset mortarlines will be uniform. Since the relative positionbetween the units is determined by the interengagement of the shoulders,the magnitude of this spacing may be determined in advance and thereforethe magnitude of the slots 6 and the cooperating cut away portions 7 maybe determined in advance and be made to equal the uniform spacing. Bylaying the units one over the other with the free edges extendingdownwardly a water-resistant covering results for water will be shedfrom one unit onto the intermediate section of the unit therebelow andsince this intermediate section will extend an appreciable distance pastthe free edge of the unit overlaying it, water passage to the wall willbe effectively prevented. Moreover, by providing the shoulders in themanner set forth it is possible to stack the units in a very compactmanner for the interengagement of the shoulders on the various unitswill insure neat interiitting thereof. Thus, storing and shipping of theunits is greatly expedited.

While I have illustrated and describeda selected embodiment of myinvention it is to be understood that this is capable of variation andmodification and I therefore do not wish to be limited to the precisedetails set forth butl desire to avail myself of such changes andalterations as fall within the spirit and scope of the following claims.

I claim:

1. A formed siding unit comprising three stepped vertical portions inparallel relation and having parallel sides, the surfaces of eachconnecting offset being parallel and at an angle to the sides of theaforesaid portions, providing ledges and seats respectively for directsupport of the middle portion of each unit on the corresponding portionof the unit below, the lowermost portion being sufficiently shorter thanthe intermediate portion to leave a horizontal mortar simulating spacewhen the units are superposed, and provided with vertical slotsextending through its entire depth from front to rear to simulatevertical mortar spaces.

2. A unit for wall covering having a face section along one edge thereofand a marginal section along the opposite edge thereof and anintermediate portion between said sections, said intermediate portionbeing bodily offset from lateral alignment with the face section andsaid marginal section being bodily offset from lateral alignment withthe intermediate portion in the same direction as said intermediateportion is offset from alignment with said face section wherebyshoulders are defined between said face section and said intermediateportion and said intermediate portion and said marginal section, saidface and marginal sections and said intermediate portion iying inparallel planes, said shoulders providing locating portions whereby whenthe shoulder between the face section and intermediate portion on oneunit is engaged with Y the marginal section on the second unitunderliesY a part of the intermediate portion of Vthe first unitadjacent the shoulder between the face section and intermediate portionof said irst unit whereby said units provide a covering of substantiallyuniform thickness with the front and rear faces thereof lying insubstantially parallel planes.

3. A unit for a wall covering having a face section along one edgethereof and a marginal section along the opposite edge thereof and anintermediate portion between said sections, said face section beingnarrower than the intermediate portion and said marginal section beingnarrower than the face section, said intermediate portion being bodilyoffset from lateral alignment with the face section and said marginalsection being bodily offset from lateral alignment with the intermediateportion in the same direction as said intermediate portion is offsetfrom alignment with the face section whereby shoulders are definedbetween said face section and said intermediate portion and saidintermediate portion and said marginal section, said face and marginalsections and said intermediate portion lying in parallel planes, saidshoulders providing locating portions whereby when the shoulder betweenthe face section and the intermediate portion c-n one unit is engagedwith the shoulder between the intermediate portion and the marginalsection on a second similar unit the face section on the first unitoverlies the intermediate portion of the second unit with the lower edgeof the face section on the rst unit spaced from the shoulder between theintermediate portion and face section on the second unit and themarginal section on a third similar unit underlies the exposed part ofthe intermediate portion on the second unit when the shoulder on thesecond unit between the intermediate portion and face section thereof isengaged with the shoulder between the marginal section and intermediateportion on the third unit whereby said units provide a covering at leasttwo thicknesses thick throughout with the front and rear faces thereoflying in substantially parallel planes.

4. A unit for a wall covering having a face section along one edgethereof and a marginal section along the opposite edge thereof and anintermediate portion between said sections, said face section beingnarrower than the intermediate portion and said marginal section beingnarrower than the face section, said intermediate portion being bodilyoffset from lateral alignment with the face section and said marginalsection being bodily offset from lateral alignment with the intermediateportion in the same direction as said intermediate portion is offsetfrom alignment with the face section whereby shoulders are dened betweensaid face section and said intermediate portion and said intermediateportion and said marginal section, said face and marginal sections andsaid intermediate portion lying in parallel planes, said shouldersproviding locating portions whereby when the shoulder between the facesection and the intermediate portion on one unit is engaged with theshoulder between the intermediate portion and the marginal section on asecond similar unitthe face section on the rst unit overlies theintermediate portion of the second unit with the lower edge ofthe facesection on the first unit spaced from the upper edge of the face sectionon the second 'unit and the marginal section on a third similar .unit`underlies the exposed part of the intermeallel planes, the facesections of said units having slots therein in uniformly spacedintervals extending transversely thereacross and of a width equal to thespace between the lower edge oi the face section on the rst unit and theupper edge of the tace section on the ,second unit-when said units areengaged as described.

5. A wall covering embodying a plurality of units each having a facesection and intermediaie portion and a marginal section and shouldersbetween the face section and intermediate portion and intermediateportion and marginal section, the face section of each unit beingnarrower than the intermediate portion thereof whereby when the shoulderbetween. the face section and intermediate-portion on one unit isengaged with the shoulder between the intermediate portion and rginalsection on a second unit the lower edge of the face section of the nrstunit is spaced from the upper edge of the face section on the secondunit, and said face sections having slots therein at uniio spacedintervals extending transversely thereacross and of a width equal to thespace between the lower edge of the face sec tion on the nrst unit andthe upper edge of the face section on the second unit when said unitsand caged as described.

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